FBI Updates DNA Quality Assurance Standards to Now Include Rapid DNA Analysis

Pleasanton, California –- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has updated their current DNA databasing standards to include an Addendum to the Quality Assurance Standards for DNA Databasing Laboratories performing Rapid DNA analysis and Modified Rapid DNA Analysis Using a Rapid DNA Instrument. Rapid DNA analysis is used to generate DNA profiles in less than [...]

NEW Remote Terminal to Control Chilling & Heating Dry Baths

Carlsbad CA -- Torrey Pines Scientific®announces its EchoTherm™ MIC20 Remote Terminal for controlling its RHB20 heat only dry baths and RIC20 chilling/heating dry baths. The MIC20 is used to configure and monitor the RIC20 or RHB20 remotely without using an external computer. The RIC20 and RHB20 are compact, remotely controlled units designed for use on [...]

Hello Bio Launches New Website – Supporting Researchers Worldwide

Bristol, UK -- Hello Bio has launched a new website https://www.hellobio.com to support scientific researchers around the globe. Based near Bristol in the UK, Hello Bio offers research tools such as agonists, antagonists, inhibitors, antibodies, fluorescent tools and peptides for use in scientific research into conditions such as cancer, obesity and neurodegenerative disorders. Hello Bio [...]

Tecan issues H2 2014 trading update

Männedorf, Switzerland -- The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) today issued a trading update for the second half of 2014. Tecan CEO David Martyr commented: "After a difficult first half with declining sales and our Partnering Business suffering from delays in order placement from two large customer accounts, it is good to see the [...]

Cepheid Receives FDA Clearance for Xpert Norovirus, the First On-Demand Molecular Test for Detection of Norovirus

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced it has received clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to market Xpert® Norovirus, a qualitative in vitro diagnostic test for expeditious identification and differentiation of Noroviruses genogroup I (GI) and genogroup II (GII). Both Xpert Norovirus and the recently cleared Xpert Flu/RSV XC have [...]

Toshiba Corporation Selects Affymetrix Axiom Platform for Its Newly Launched Genotyping Service in Japan

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Affymetrix (NASDAQ: AFFX) announces its Axiom® Genotyping Solutionplatform has been selected by Toshiba Corporation’s (TYO: 6502) Healthcare Company as the platform for its newly launched genotyping service. Affymetrix collaborated with Toshiba to custom design and manufacture the Japonica Array™, which is based on the Axiom platform. This array contains unique genetic [...]

Renishaw receives Queen’s Award for spectroscopy developments

On Monday 10th November, Dame Janet Trotter, Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, presented Renishaw with its seventeenth Queen's Award. This prestigious award was granted for the continuous development of the company's inVia Raman microscope, with ultra-fast Raman imaging, which enables the rapid generation of high definition 2D and 3D chemical images for material analysis. This [...]

BioTek Introduces 2nd Generation Cytation Imaging Reader

WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek is excited to introduce the new Cytation™ 5 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader. This second generation imaging reader includes added functionality to both the automated digital microscopy and conventional multi-mode microplate detection modes, enhancing phenotypic cellular information and well-based quantitative data. Cytation 5’s microscopy module provides cellular visualization up to 60x [...]

SynGen Inc. Hires Former Becton Dickenson Business Development Manager as President of Cell Processing Business Unit

SynGen Inc., a company that focuses on the development and commercialization of instrument systems that harvest stem and progenitor cells from umbilical cord blood, bone marrow, peripheral blood, and cell culture, announced today that it has appointed David Hodl, formerly Business Development Manager for Becton Dickinson, to lead commercialization efforts for the newly formed Cell [...]

Quick evaluation with new UNICORN™ 7.0 software

GE Healthcare Life Sciences launches UNICORN 7.0 system control software for planning and controlling runs, as well as analyzing results. The software controls protein purification runs as well as cell culture and preparation. Specifically designed to support the levels of collaboration required today, UNICORN 7.0 delivers a simplified user interface and enhanced features. UNICORN 7.0 [...]

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